ProjectProposals


 * Click EDIT (over there on the right) and copy the format below, paste it in below, and fill out your information when you've chosen a project. Very handy when everyone can see what project you are working on!

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Your name: Nell Koch Project title: photoshop and multimedia presentations Reason for choosing this particular topic: for personal use to create fily DVDs and to help students make presentations of interest to them List a few resources to get started: Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Summary link/s:

Your name: Allyson Hoffman Project title: Photoshop Reason for choosing this particular topic: To use with family scrap booking of trips and to use with kids at home and students in 5th grade in the computer lab. List a few resources to get started: Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Cathy Reed, Dawn McEwan Summary link/s:

Your name:Madeleine King Project title:Digital photography-photoshop, video Reason for choosing this particular topic:Learn how to use digital camera, use and edit photos online and video, links, share and publish, teach my students List a few resources to get started:camera, photoshop Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Marianne Colvin Summary link/s:

Your name: Cathy Reed Project title: Creating a Digital Family Tree Reason for choosing this particular topic: To gather new information for my mother's biological family List a few resources to get started: Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Summary link/s:

Your name: Chelle Project title: Family Photo gallery & Life with Joe Reason for choosing this particular topic: My brother showed me a few things with gmail & my My Father-in-Law just moved in with us. List a few resources to get started: my pictures, Dave's & MJ's stories & this class. Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Marianne, Cathy, Dawn Summary link/s:

Your name: Mary Habich Project title: Book Publishing and Online Publishing Reason for choosing this particular topic: I want to publish a book. I would love to publish work from my kids. List a few resources to get started: Hopefully, Adam Provost. Google Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Summary link/s:How To Get Published Get A Free How To Publish Guide Mailed To Your doorstep At No Cost www.Xlibris.com/HowToGuide how to publish a book Literary Agency Finds Publishers Sell Your Book. Apply Online. Fast. www.WlWrItErSaGeNcY.com Find Publishing Companies Get Matched With A Publisher That Is Right For You. Get Started Now! www.SearchForPublishers.com 60 Years Publishing High quality traditional books. Full pro staff. No on-demand books. www.vantagepress.com

Your name:Susan M. Green Project title: Learning about the Ipod Reason for choosing this particular topic: I am an elementary music teacher. List a few resources to get started:The internet, and Adam. Folks in class who have some experience with this topic:Maybe Leslie Koelker, Sue Phelps. Summary link/s:I wanted to learn about IPods because I am a music teacher. I knew absolutely nothing about them, and didn't think I needed to know anything about them. I feel quite libereated and excited about all the music and projects I can create. . I discovered that I can use these devices for both my free -lance work as a performing trumpeter, private teacher, and as a classroom music teacher. I started by borrowing and practicing on Adam's ITouch, and now I have a Nano of my own. The possibilities for my use of this device are endless.

Your name: Harriett Durand Project title: Digital Images/ GIMP/ creative use Reason for choosing this particular topic: Will use with students in the fall List a few resources to get started: Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Summary link/s:

I am a Library Media Specialist at Shaftsbury Elementary and am responsible for integrating technology and library skills for students in grades 4 - 6. Last year the sixth graders were having trouble collecting and organizing their on-line resources. I was looking for an easy way to organize and simplify their resources. I had never used the delicious website so I decided to explore it and see if it would work for our students. Yes, I think it will work! I also needed resources - tutorials, videos - on the use of GIMP photo editing program. So to keep track of these websites, I added them to my delicious account. In the process I learned how to use this site. After exploring this site, it appears to be very kid/user friendly and will work for their research projects.

GIMP was the second part of my project. I bookmarked several tutorials and videos about GIMP in delicious. I also found the free program Picasa mentioned and that it was easy to use. Several members of the class were exploring GIMP and commenting that it was not an introductory program. Since Picasa is a free program, I will try to have it installed in our lab and use that for the digital image projects that I do with the older students.

This week I started with two ideas and projects and after a short time they had morphed into one project that will be used with the students in the fall. Delicious and GIMP were both new to me this week. Now I feel that I have more technology resources and ideas, in addition to the project ides, that can be used with the students. This week I also discovered that there are many ways to approach technology instruction and ways to free the teacher from the traditional method of instruction.

My Delicious Resources:

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Your name:Susan Phelps Project title: Definitely interested in webcam. Reason for choosing this particular topic: I would like to be able to communicate with my daughters next year when they are away at colege. List a few resources to get started: Introduction to webcams Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Definitely Adam and Allyson Summary link/s:I am interested in learning more about webcams. My daughters will be attending college in the fall and it will be a wonderful way for us to keep in touch. I began by researching webcams. I typed "introduction to webcams" in Google and learned about the many uses, types and specifications of webcams. Next, I talked to Adam and he told me about the free

Your name: Leslie Project title: GIMP Reason for choosing this particular topic: Would be nice to be able to manipulate photos List a few resources to get started: Mikey Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Dawn Summary link/s:

Your name: Dawn McEwan Project title: GIMP Reason for choosing this particular topic: I am interested in learning more about this topic and use it to help enhance my digital photography. List a few resources to get started: Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Summary link/s:

Your name: Marianne Stevens-Colvin Project title: 'Facebook'-apps for integrating: digital photographs & video from my camera, 'YouTube' & misc. links Reason for choosing this particular topic: Interest in networking, teaches me new skills in an non threatening manner, empowering process, fun List a few resources to get started: computer, my digital camera, photoshop, youtube, links Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: do not know

Your name: Jenn Austin and Angie Trudeau Project title: web page design Reason for choosing this particular topic: We would like to learn how to create a web page for easier and better communication with students and parents and also to help teachers within our buildings to create their own. List a few resources to get started: Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: everyone but us. Summary link/s: Summary link/s:

Your name: Amanda Mattison Project title: Following Family Reason for choosing this particular topic: to stay connected with my bro, Clenn, and sister-in-law, Bethany, in Tennessee; learn how to share information, photos, and possibly video clips in a more efficient manner via technology List a few resources to get started: google (http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html) Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Adam Provost Summary link/s:

Your name: Crystal Setzer Project title: Photoshop Reason for choosing this particular topic: To learn to manipulate photos List a few resources to get started: Internet, colleagues Folks in class who have some experience with this topic: Summary link/s: